Illamasqua Toxic Nature: Flare Lipstick

Illamasqua Flare Lipstick (£15.50 for 0.14 oz.) is described as a “bright orange,” and it is new for spring/summer and part of the brand’s Toxic Nature collection, which should show up at Sephora in April. For now, though, it is available through Illamasqua directly. It’s a vibrant, medium-dark orange–it’s almost neon but more like traffic cone orange.

And yes, that is a broken lipstick. It arrived that way, with the entire bullet dislodged and stuck to the cap, and I used absolutely no finesse to maneuver out it would appear! I haven’t had this issue with my other Illamasqua lipsticks, so I’m considering it a one-time deal and not a product defect.

my thoughts on the formula: Illamasqua’s Lipstick formula feels a little dry when applied, but let it warm up on your lips, because it really isn’t the drying kind. It does hug the lips, though, which makes it a much longer wearing lipstick (six hours or more).

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That is strange. I don’t own nearly as many as you do, but I have also heard many other people complain about the lipsticks breaking. It is a shame, because their matte lipsticks are great. And I hate having to get the product out of the tube with a lip brush. And it is strange that the matte shades tend to break more, because mattes are usually very dense, and not prone to breaking easily.

I have five Illamasqua lipsticks now, and they all look fine except for my Sangers one that LOOKS like it’s about to break in the tube or like it almost got broken even though there is not a crack in it…at the moment.

I would consider this a product defect. For the cost and the amount of complaints, I think this is inexcusable. I just purchased a tube, heated the end (too much perhaps), and the entire bullet collapsed and looks like a squishy mess. I feel I should not have to fix brand new makeup. Mine is going back to Sephora.

I am afraid this is not a one time problem.
My Sanger came slighlty dislodged as well and it has a lot of bump marks from wearing now… Maybe the lipsticks are too soft and they are not packing to well.

Unfortunately I had the same problem with an Illamasqua lipstick that I ordered. I was so bummed because I’ve read so much about the product line that I placed a big order through Sephora and 2 of my lipsticks arrived dislodged and touching the cap. Returned the whole thing.Could be the formula? These 2 new lipsticks look amazing on you though absolutely AMAZING.

Christine-Do you know Illamasqua’s phone number to be able to call from the states? There phone number on the site doesnt work because its a UK number and not an 800 number. I ordered over $300 from there site and they double charged my Mastercard $600+ and its been over a week of me trying to contact them via email and no one is responding. Kind of frustrating since I got double charged so much and need it refunded asap. I hope you can help me. Thank you-

I really love this color and I have been eagerly waiting for your your review! I must say it looks great on you! I am disappointed though because I am so scared that this shade will look awful on my cool/extremely pale skin. What do you guys think? Should I go for it anyway?

I have the same problem with orange lipsticks. I really like them, but I also have cool-toned, light (but not extremely fair) skin, and they’re not the most flattering on me. Maybe you should try self-tanning, then orange lipsticks might look better on you? Or, use an orange lipstick, then cover it w/a transparent pink gloss?

I have had dislodgment issues on three of my five illamasqua lipsticks… which is such a shame because they are my favorites and I find it near impossible to apply them after they have broken 🙁 I think it may have something to do with how hard the lipsticks are… ?

I know you said that this is your first broken one… And of course you only ever HEAR about something when someone is unhappy (I’m sure TONS of orders arrive safe and sound all over the world). That being said – I’ve heard from several people who’ve ordered from Illamasqua directly that lipsticks and pressed powder products have arrived broken.

One of my good friends had a powder arrive broken TWICE – They finally gave up because they had spent so much money returning it the first time and didn’t want to spend it all over again just in case it showed up busted a third time. They won’t refund shipping charges for broken products, it’s their policy.

I detube my lipsticks so I wouldn’t care, but powders is another thing. All the stories of broken products is one of the things that’s kept me from ordering from them. I’ve had stuff arrive busted before, I’ve never heard of a company not refunding your shipping charges to get you a new product though.